Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambahtiją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.bɑx.ti.jɑ̃/

Noun

*ambahtiją n

service, ministry, office, message

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *ambahtiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
vocative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
accusative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
genitive	ambahtijas, ambahtīs	*ambahtijǫ̂
dative	*ambahtijai	*ambahtijamaz
instrumental	*ambahtijō	*ambahtijamiz

Related terms

*ambahtaz (“servant”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ambahtī
- Old English: ambeht, ambiht, ambieht, ambyht
- Old Frisian: ambecht, ambet, ambt
  - Saterland Frisian: Amt
  - West Frisian: ambacht
- Old Saxon: ambaht, *ambehti
  - Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt
    - German Low German: Ambacht, Amt
    - → Danish: amt
- Old Dutch: *ambaht
  - Middle Dutch: ambacht
    - Dutch: ambacht
      - Afrikaans: ambag
      - → Indonesian: ambah
      - Negerhollands: ambacht
- Old High German: ambaht, ambahti, ampaht
  - Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: åmt
      Mòcheno: omt
    - German: Amt, Ambt, Ammt, Ampt (obsolete)
    - Kölsch: Amp
    - Vilamovian: amt, aomt
  - → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt
    - Dutch: ambt
      - Afrikaans: amp
    - Limburgish: amb
Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: embætti
  - Danish: embede
  - Faroese: embæti, ambæti
  - Icelandic: embætti
  - Norwegian: embete
  - Old Swedish: æmbiti, æmbæti
    - Swedish: ämbete
  - →⇒ Old East Slavic: ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: ѧбедникъ (jabednik)
      - Ukrainian: я́бедник (jábednyk)
        ⇒ Ukrainian: я́беда (jábeda)
    - Russian: я́бедник (jábednik)
      - ⇒ Russian: я́беда (jábeda)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti)
→ Latin: ambactia (“service rendered”)
- Old Occitan: ambaissa (“message”)
  - ⇒ Old Occitan: ambaissada (“embassy”)
    - Catalan: ambaixada
    - Occitan: ambaissada, ambaishada
    - → Asturian: embaxada
    - → Gallurese: imbasciada
    - → Old Italian: ambasciata (see there for further descendants)
    - → Portuguese: embaixada
    - → Sardinian: imbasciada, imbassiada
    - → Sassarese: imbasciada
    - → Spanish: embajada
      - → Hiligaynon: embahada
      - → Tagalog: embahada
- >? Old Italian: ambascia (“anguish”)